Deep Tide TechFlow News, February 27th, According to Korea's "Asia Economy," the Korea National Tax Service inadvertently revealed the "mnemonic phrase"(recovery password) for a cryptocurrency hardware wallet while publishing a press release about the results of追缴 high-profile tax evaders, leading to approximately 6.4 billion Korean Won(about 4.8 million USD) in crypto assets being transferred by hackers. According to blockchain experts, shortly after the password leak, 4 million PRTG tokens in the wallet were transferred to an unknown account. Experts criticized this incident, stating that it exposed the tax authorities' serious lack of basic knowledge in managing crypto assets, essentially "opening the wallet and telling others to take the money."
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Deep Tide TechFlow News, February 27th, According to Korea's "Asia Economy," the Korea National Tax Service inadvertently revealed the "mnemonic phrase"(recovery password) for a cryptocurrency hardware wallet while publishing a press release about the results of追缴 high-profile tax evaders, leading to approximately 6.4 billion Korean Won(about 4.8 million USD) in crypto assets being transferred by hackers. According to blockchain experts, shortly after the password leak, 4 million PRTG tokens in the wallet were transferred to an unknown account. Experts criticized this incident, stating that it exposed the tax authorities' serious lack of basic knowledge in managing crypto assets, essentially "opening the wallet and telling others to take the money."